JANE'S BLANKET by ARTHUR MILLER/AL PARKER ILLUSTRATIONS/RARE BIG 1963 1ST, $100+

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JANE'S BLANKET by ARTHUR MILLER/AL PARKER ILLUSTRATIONS/RARE BIG 1963 1ST, $100+ JANE'S BLANKET. BY ARTHUR MILLER. ILLUSTRATED BY AL PARKER. A MODERN MASTERS BOOK FOR CHILDREN. New York : The Crowell-Collier Press, 1963. First Crowell-Collier Press Edition. Rare.A solid and attractive rare large illustrated children' book. Published more than 50 years ago, this edition is now long out of print and hard to find and it can sell for $100 or more.From the cover: "JANE'S BLANKET was soft and pink and warm and Jane wanted to keep it with her--always. But the time came when Jane was no longer a baby, when she grew bigger and bigger while her pink blanket grew smaller and smaller. How Jane learns to part with her blanket, and how others babies come to use it, is a charming and tender story that will endear itself to every child. Arthur Miller has illuminated the contemporary American theater with such distinguished plays as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and a View from the Bridge. Now the Pulitzer PRize-winning playwright, novelist and short story writer has created a heart-warming story of childhood in first book for young readers. Al PArker, F.I.A.L., is perhaps America's book for young readers. Al PArker, F.I.A.L., is perhaps America's leading magazine illustrator, remembered for his lovely Ladies' Home Journal covers. A founder and faculty member of the famous artists School, he has received many awards and honors from the Art Director's Club, the Society of Illustrators, and most recently, the International Institute of Arts and Letters in Zurich. JANE'S BLANKET contains a total vocabulary of 430 words."Also from the cover: "MODERN MASTERS BOOK FOR CHILDREN is a unique new series for the beginning reader by such world-famous authors as Arthur Miller, Shirley Jackson, and Robert Graves. They have created literature with a carefully selected vocabulary developed under the guidance of three outstanding educators: Dr. Helen Murphy of Boston University, Dr. Nila Blanton Smith of New York University, and Dr. Robert Karlin of Southern Illinois University. General Editor of this series is Louis Untermeyer poet, critic, anthologist, and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. John Ciardi, Phyllis McGinley, Erskine Caldwell, and Mark Van Doren are some of the other distinguished writers in the series. Modern Masters Books are illustrated by some of the most successful and admired artists in the publishing field, including Al Parker, Maurice Sendak, Lorraine Fox, and Louis S. Glanzman."From the Text: "One time there was a girl. Her name was Jane. She was a little baby. And she had a blanket. It was a small blanket. It was pink, and soft, and warm. In the morning she woke up. And the first thing she did was to touch the blanket, and it felt soft and warm when she put her fingers in it. Jane loved her pink blanket. Then her mother gave her milk. Her mother held JAne in her lap and gave her warm milk to drink. And while JAne drank hermilk, she held her pink blanket in her hands..."According to Wikipedia: "Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)[1][2] was a prolific American playwright, essayist, and prominent figure in twentieth-century American theatre. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View from the Bridge (1955, revised 1956). He also wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is often numbered on the short list of being among the finest American plays in the 20th century alongside Long Day's Journey into Night and A Streetcar Named Desire.[3] Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. During this time, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee; and was married to Marilyn Monroe. He received the Prince of Asturias Award and the Praemium Imperiale prize in 2002 and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003,[4] as ... read more

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